Radical mobilities

AC Davidson

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As mobility becomes a key concept within geography it needs to be considered what a radical approach to mobility means. Reviewing literature on mobilities from within transport, policy mobilities and migration studies, this article discusses three interpretations of radical mobility: scale or speed of changes required in mobility, critical approaches tracing mobilities and relations of power and approaches that question the ontology of mobility. Drawing on material and radical black feminist thought, I instead suggest a rhizomatic understanding of mobility as material-semiotic transformation of energy. This ontology shifts understandings of what just and sustainable mobilities can be.
Original languageEnglish
JournalProgress in Human Geography
Early online date10 Jan 2020
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Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 10 Jan 2020

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Davidson, AC. / Radical mobilities. In: Progress in Human Geography. 2020.
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Davidson AC. Radical mobilities. Progress in Human Geography. 2020 Jan 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132519899472

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